Greetings from The Aero Experience Team

Greetings!

The Aero Experience is a celebration of Midwest aviation and aerospace achievement. We invite you to join us as we explore the treasures of Midwest aviation through first-hand experiences. Our contributors take turns flying lead, and we are always looking for new destinations. Check in with The Aero Experience frequently to see where we will land today, and then go out and have your own aero experiences!

Blue skies,

Carmelo Turdo, Mark Nankivil and Fred Harl - The Aero Experience Team

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Bethalto, IL Fly-In Brings Together Local Aviation Community

By Leo Cachat

By Carmelo Turdo

By Mark Nankvil

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Last Saturday's St. Louis Regional Airport Fly-In was the annual gathering of the St. Louis area aviation community in Bethalto, IL. Local aviators brought a wide variety of aircraft, from RV and Lightning homebuilts to Stearman and T-6 Texan warbirds to Skyhawks and Bonanzas and everything in between. The Aero Experience brings you triple play coverage that begins with Mark Nankivil, "Aero Two," with his flight into St. Louis Regional Airport and ramp views. Next, Carmelo Turdo, "Aero One," adds more ramp coverage, and then Leo Cachat, "Aero Four," captures ramp and flying activity. (Don't worry, Fred Harl, "Aero Three," will reappear soon with his AirVenture coverage). We hope you enjoy our team coverage of this event, and visit regularly to experience aviation with us again soon. Photos by Mark Nankivil:

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"Air Associates of Missouri and Air Associates of Kansas are proud to sponsor The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 - 2016." Air Associates

"Gateway Jets and I pass on a Sincere Thank You to Carmelo and The Aero Experience for some great company and outstanding coverage of our expansion and open house. The pictures look phenomenal and the 3 part series covers our operations and philosophy perfectly." Corey Tomczak, President of Gateway Jets

"Carmelo really has a talent of capturing cool pics. We are lucky to have him in our area!" Bob Hamilton, Pitts Special Competition Pilot